Instructor Worksheet
Fitness
Activities
Skills and
Water Safety
Red Cross Swim
Kids
2
Swimming
COMPLETE (C) • IN
COMPLETE (I)
Front Swim 5m
Kick 5m (Assisted)
Roll-Over Glide with
Flutter Kick 5m
Side Glide with Flutte
r
Back Glide with Flu
tter Kick 5m
Front Glide with Flu
tter Kick 10m
Rhythmic Breathing
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Recommended Class Size: 1:6 (With Assistant WSI, increase ratio by 4)
Total Enrolled:
Total Completed:
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s (Assisted)
Deep Water Activitie
Weight Transfer, Sh
allow Water
Introduction to PFDs
/Lifejackets
Distance
EMS/9-1-1
Name and Attendance
Facility/Site Rules
Location:
Distance Swim 10m
Session:
Flutter Kick 10m (A
ssisted)
Day/Time:
Times (2 Ways)
Instructor:
Performance Criteria
FITNESS ACTIVITIES
NOTE: Must incorporate one item from below in each lesson.
FLUTTER KICK 10M (ASSISTED)
NOTE: Proper techniques are encouraged and practised but NOT
evaluated.
NOTE: Instructor may assist or swimmer may use aid (kickboard, water
noodle, etc.).
• Maintains near-horizontal body position
• Performs flutter kick
• Kicks from hips
• Moves legs in opposite up and down motion
• Completes distance
DISTANCE SWIM 10M
NOTE: Proper techniques are encouraged and practised but NOT evaluated.
• Chooses front or back swim, body approaching horizontal
• Uses any arm or leg movements (or a combination)
• Completes distance
SKILLS AND WATER SAFETY
Prepare! Stay Safe! Survive!
FACILITY/SITE RULES
• Follows at least 4 facility-/site-specific safety rules
• States basic rules of facility/site and follows these rules
EMS/9-1-1
• Describes at least 2 ways to get help: call adult or lifeguard, go to
lifeguard/first aid station, contact emergency medical services (EMS
at 9-1-1 or community alternative)
INTRODUCTION
TO
PFDS/LIFEJACKETS
NOTE: Instructor may assist.
NOTE: Shallow water: water that is no more than chest height, relative
to each swimmer.
• Puts on personal flotation device (PFD)/lifejacket; properly fastens
all zippers, ties, and buckles
• Wearing PFD/lifejacket, moves (walks, runs, hops, kicks, etc.)
through shallow water
• Wearing PFD/lifejacket, floats in any position in shallow and deep
water, in a relaxed manner
WEIGHT TRANSFER, SHALLOW WATER
BACK GLIDE
• Transfers weight, experimenting with buoyancy and centre of gravity,
e.g., retrieves objects from bottom, touches different body parts on
bottom, does handstand, somersaults, log-rolls, etc.
NOTE: Minimal assistance may be provided to start glide.
• Performs back glide with basic flutter kick: alternating up and down
leg motions
• Performs kick for at least 5m with body approaching horizontal
• Maintains near-horizontal body position with arms resting alongside
of body and hands at hips using effective propelling action
DEEP WATER ACTIVITIES (ASSISTED)
NOTE: Instructor may assist.
• Where site permits, demonstrates Self-Safety during deep-water
entries (ladder, slip in, front standing jump)
• Explores flotation and movement in deep water, maintaining a
streamlined body position (kicking, propulsion with arms, on back,
front)
• Demonstrates safe exit
SWIMMING
SIDE GLIDE
FLUTTER KICK 5M
12
WITH
WITH
FLUTTER KICK 5M (ASSISTED)
NOTE: Instructor may assist or swimmer may use aid (kickboard, water
noodle, etc.).
• Glides on preferred side with one arm extended above the head
and the other beside the body, with no movements of the hands
• Performs flutter kick on preferred side for at least 5m
• Glides with head turned to side, ear resting in water near shoulder
RHYTHMIC BREATHING 10 TIMES (2 WAYS)
ROLL-OVER GLIDE
NOTE: Encourage swimmer to turn head to side during inhalation.
• Exhales through mouth and/or nose underwater and inhales
through mouth just above surface
• Performs rhythmic and relaxed breathing with noticeable and
effective exhalation and inhalation on EACH repetition
• Performs 10 repetitions, 2 different ways, e.g., standing with face in
the water, breathing on most comfortable side, while kicking with a
kickboard
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FRONT GLIDE
WITH
FLUTTER KICK 10M
NOTE: Minimal assistance may be provided to start glide.
• Performs front glide with basic flutter kick: alternating up and down
leg motions
• Performs kick for at least 10m with body approaching horizontal
• Maintains streamlined body position with arms fully extended in
front of head
• Exhales underwater
WITH
FLUTTER KICK 5M
Performs front glide with flutter kick
Rolls over to back and continues kicking
Repeats back to front glide with flutter kick
Starts roll with head and shoulders
FRONT SWIM 5M
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Swims with face in water
Maintains near-horizontal body position
Performs flutter kick
Kicks from hips
Moves legs in opposite up and down motion
Moves arms in full circle motion, reaching out in front of head
Moves arms opposite to each other
Arms do not have to come fully out of water
Pulls with hands past navel
Exhales underwater
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NOTE: Instructors—keep swimmers active and wet!
NOTE: Swimmers will demonstrate skill or stroke 3 times correctly in
one lesson set.
Red Cross Swim
Kids